I took this last summer during a visit at the Mennonite Museum in Berne, Indiana.
Just wanted to share.
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11th March 2014, 02:14 PM #1
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Blast from te past....
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11th March 2014, 02:36 PM #2
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Apart from the question what is the connection between a view camera and Mennonites, I still have and cherish my 8x10 Deardorff which I lugged up and down many mountains. To actually focus a frame on such a beast is an experience to behold. What I need is a good scanner to scan the negs.
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11th March 2014, 04:31 PM #3
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Wow Kris...that looks old. Good find!
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11th March 2014, 06:16 PM #4
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Would it warrant displaying on Antiques Roadshow?
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11th March 2014, 06:18 PM #5
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And a porter to carry the load!
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11th March 2014, 06:20 PM #6
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Yea, and get about a million bucks for it! Originally Posted by Shadowman
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12th March 2014, 12:48 AM #7
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Contrary to popular refrain, those WERE NOT the good ole days...
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12th March 2014, 04:51 AM #8
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Oh yes, they were.
I have a first-class DLSR, but I haven't put my view camera to a final rest yet - although, to honor truth, I am not using it in these days. I regularly used it until about 2 years ago, though... carried, with tripod, about 22-25kg with me, using a caddy whenever possible, otherwise a rucksack.
I don't really think that I can rationally justify the vastly increased effort in order to get a picture - though, even with my d800 I can't get quite the dynamic range which I get from a well-exposed monochrome sheet film.
But you have such complete controls over the perspective, and the reverse image on the ground glass allows you to reallly see the motive as an image, you are not just peeping through the camera...
And there is something which is even more difficult to define; I can only put it by saying that your own control as a photographer seems to start much earlier, seems to take control over what the camera does from a much earlier moment - but I assume this is just a subjective feeling.
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